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Scribes to honor collegiate stars

DT · Jun 19, 2025, 12:13 AM

JD Cagulangan and the UP Fighting Maroons are determined to gain revenge by beating the La Salle Green Archers in Game 3 of their UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament best-of-three finals series & Kevin Quiambao aims to cap his very successful collegiate career with a UAAP title when the La Salle Green Archers battle the UP Fighting Maroons in Game 3 of their UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament best-of-three finals series. — Photograph courtesy of UAAP

Cream always rises to the top and it’s time for them to savor the fruits of their labor.

Achievers of the past athletic year will be given their due honors at the 2025 Collegiate Press Corps Awards Night on 30 June at Discovery Suites Manila in Pasig City.

Spearheading this year’s honor roll is the Collegiate Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, with equally deserving student-athletes and personalities also getting their spotlight after their exceptional performances in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 87 and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 100.

Football will also be recognized for the first time ever by the esteemed group of journalists from both print and online media in the annual awards night awards presented by the Philippine Sports Commission, Pilipinas Live and GMA.

The Collegiate Press Corps, merged into one umbrella in 2022 from then separate UAAP and NCAA press associations for decades, last year started expanding its recognition by featuring the country’s finest volleyball players for also the first time before the addition of Football Players of the Year from both leagues this time around.

The Collegiate Men’s Basketball Player of the Year will be joined by the Collegiate Women’s Basketball Player of the Year as the two staple honors in the season-ending occasion also made possible by Discovery Suites as official venue partner and World Balance.

Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Players of the Year from both the UAAP and NCAA will also be named along with the Mythical Teams in both divisions to cap the prestigious awards for outstanding student-athletes.

Then there’s the genius tacticians behind every team’s success and glory as Coaches of the Year in both basketball and volleyball getting also the well-deserved distinction in the group’s third annual awards.

UAAP executive director Atty. Rebo Saguisag, sports director Bo Perasol of UAAP Season 87 host University of the Philippines and management committee board chairman Hercules Callanta of NCAA Season 100 host Lyceum of the Philippines University will serve as guests of honor and speakers.